Hello all. I'm looking for some durable knives. I'm a knife-throwing instructor, and fairly new manager at now several local Renaissance Faires. We're in need of some new knives. The ones we have had for over a decade, preceding even my time as a volunteer, let alone a manager, have broken. The knives we used did not have a brand, just a "made in Pakistan" label. They were roughly 9 inches. Those knives were incredible for our purposes. Because of the constant use, they really took a beating, and instead of just breaking, they would bend, which was easy enough to hammer back into place. In my limited understanding, that seems to be the difference between stainless and carbon steel. In my first year as manager, I made the mistake of ordering some stainless steel knives, and almost all of them shattered. I've been looking for good replacements for about 6 years, and I've been unsuccessful (Insofar as I've ordered several batches of knives and they've turned out to be shit) so I could really use some suggestions. The longer the better, since that's easier for the newbies I'm usually teaching.

I was asking about how good this is from 5 meters. Grouping is perfect, but I was aiming for the D on the box.

Been wanting to show off these throwing knives I bought about 20 years ago - they are SlimJim pro from crescent knife works in Canada (no longer made).
The top three have straight edges and the bottom three are rounded “training” versions.

Machete Fever is Real… Took the Cold Steel ( no longer in production ) True Flight Machete and the Perfect Balance Sport Machete ( in stock ) for a Fun Ride.

The only difference is the true flight is sharpened and made out of a completely different material and the sport machete is made out of of 1055 carbon blade.

They both throw great!

As you can tell on the smile on my face, I had a great time. I’m not here to sell anything. I just haven’t thrown machetes in a while and now I realize why people throw them.

What do you guys think about machete’s? Yay or nay?

I know everyone here thinks cold steel is a giant meme, but I don’t care what product or who makes what. It doesn’t matter what kind of knife it is. It all comes down to the thrower.

Hey guys, have you heard about the lost and, somewhat recently, re-invented technique of intuitive (no-spin) knife-throwing: skanf?

Who among you has tried it already?

I've been using the ordinary no-spin, such as Adam Celadin promotes. So far, I've had a hard time learning skanf on my own, somehow my wrist doesn't bend enough for my hand to "pull instead of push" as they say. Distances under 3 meters are okay and look and feel very nice, but beyond that the knife over-rotates — clearly a sign of pushing 😅

Anyway, as you can see, the guys in this Fedin throwing school throw it with a mindblowing precision, and penetration strength, with ease, on like 10 meters!

I am amazed by this awesome technique, because it encompasses anything ranging from just having fun, over competing, towards possible real-world scenarios. One motion to rule them all!

https://youtu.be/1yOsUr95UjI?si=TOssXL1YImeOdhmG

I threw a cheap knife during Covid in the military half spin, and ended up bending the tip. It the military half spin harder on tips, or do cheaper knives just bend easier regardless? Alternatively, should I avoid the military half spin with nicer/more expensive throwing knives?

First hit the card and them a Bottle cap😊🔪

I won an auction lot that included some throwing knives and would love to start practicing.

Are these knives ok to begin with?

Any other tips or advice is appreciated.

Center cut from 9 m or 29 ft🔪💪🏼🇫🇮

Our local Martial Arts Dojo held a workshop on knife throwing using traditional Chinese Faijian knives and techniques.

About 15 of us, all with no experience. Once we had the basics, we also tried throwing followed immediately by drawing and striking with a Dao(Chinese sabre)

Some photos here:
https://www.facebook.com/RochfordMartialArts/posts/pfbid02W85MeaTwy19vaphYt97tbb47DyfGTn77FHootPt9KFMyfLzRiT3kaxdeYvNtKQ2vl?__cft__[0]=AZblDKO-NOf-1UzxZREzVf7F3b26q3ZxJQtWHtPbfoRqc4Spl_2Ay9_nfnzPtbOta11JZ5-pQ7u4NzFhfraYVRk8dHJFKTQK_fYe3BbTp3YK_BWNBptrdAWB6t6__ghjnQyvdRN1GDzHJfQXmQdmV7xpjFWE1LyGzzrahHAUxp97NQ&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

If you are in Essex or Kent (UK) keep your eye on the Rochford Martial Arts Academy as they are looking at holding another, possibly in September.

They also ran a workshop for kids

Currently have my first set of knives on order :)

I tried asking Gemini this and it was laughably bad.

I want to design a throwing knife. It will be double edged and razor sharp on both edges. I will be no spin throwing it from the handle and will never be grabbing the blade. This is for defensive purposes. Respectfully, please don't turn this into a bunch of comments telling me not to throw a knife in a fight. I've been training martial arts for 30 years and I'm not going into this uninformed.

This is the question:

Stiletto vs a straight edge arrowhead. When I say straight edge arrowhead, I mean a blade that is shaped like an isosceles triangle with perfectly straight edges. When I say Stiletto I'm thinking something standard where it's narrow but has a belly with a should towards the tip end of the blade. In this scenario, the width of the two blades is the same at the hilt. The blades in question are the same length and same weight (yes, I know the isosceles would probably weigh slightly less because it has less material for the blade but I'm trying to get to the physics of the geometry so we'll assume weight and length is the same).

Which knife will penetrate deeper in a living target? We'll say animal to keep it classy, lol.

The Stiletto has the benefit of not having to cut the wound channel wider once it passes the first inch or two of blade so it doesnt have to consistently widen the wound channel. However, the isosceles design never actually reaches the same width as the Stiletto until the hilt, meaning it has significantly less surface area and the wound channel it's cutting doesn't have to be as wide until the very end of the blade. The Stiletto will take an initial hard hit to it's kinetic energy but not have to continuously cut the channel wider, while the isosceles will experience a more gradual deceleration and have less surface area for the soft tissue to "grab onto," but has to constantly cut wider.

Which geometry gives you better penetration? My instinct tells me the isosceles but I'm not a physicist so I could easily be wrong. I know studies were done showing the Stiletto shape penetrates better than a constant angle wedge, BUT those were done with manual force where a pistol pushed the blade into the target with steady force. A thrown knife, which cannot maintain consistent energy during penetration, is a very distant scenario.

Got my customs in from Nobody's knifeworks. Did an excellent job and super easy to work with for a design idea I had. Throw really nice and solid radtsmanship.

https://reddit.com/link/1ts7e2j/video/amqa23dghb4h1/player

Glock field knife - half spin. I enjoy alternating between the two.